re: New Case for PC Gaming Build.

I don't want to confuse you even more but it has been proven that in most computer cases side fans actually hurts positive pressure rising up.

You are good though, try it out. I found side panel fans did nothing for me, even with overclocking the GPUs. If you put a case fan inside the case on the rear of the HDD rack, the fan is much more effective at moving air over your cards.

I'm ditching my little old optical drive to open up some more space, and I sold 2 of my HDD so I could take out one of the 3.5" bays. I still havent decided if I'm going to get a 2.5" drive to replace my 3.5" because the prodigy has the really nifty 2.5" ports in its side door so I can remove all of the 3.5" bays to have a lot better airflow

re: New Case for PC Gaming Build. (Posted on 11/29/12 at 7:59 pm to bluebarracuda)

I'll post this here since this seems to have turned into the "rate my build" thread. I'm thinking of getting started ordering parts once finals are over. I would like to stay around the $1300 - $1400 range.

I'm not married to that case, juts threw it in there for giggles, been going back and forth. I would like a case with good stock cooling because it's my first build and I don't trust myself judging it and would hate to overheat a $1400 system.

is that good RAM? should I bump up to 16GB? anything that isn't compatible? Also, will I need to order anything separately, like cables etc. I know I'll need some heat sink for the CPU fan.